Hello, what is new about this VD6283 ALS ?

[Peter BENSCH]

Welcome, @Community member​ to the community!

One of the highlights is the light flicker extraction, as mentioned in the datasheet:

With a patented architecture and a high-performance photodiode design, the VD6283

can extract light flickering frequencies to avoid “banding effects�? on videos, or check

that they are safe for human eye. Additionally, the VD6283 is the only sensor able to

extract different light flicker waveforms from 100 Hz and 2 kHz, including LED square

signals, that can run flicker operations simultaneously with ALS operations.

Does it answer your question?

Regards

/Peter

[Charlotte MILANETTO · Accepted solution]

This is the smallest ALS available in the market (Less than 2mm x 1mm), so really easy to integrate.

• It has 6 channels: Red, Visible, Blue, Green, IR, Clear.
• It also has Flicker extraction engine. Flicker is a real problem for cameras and for human eyes, so in order to fix that, you can use this information and take really good pictures or films with your camera.
• Using the Correlated Color Temperature, one can get information about the light and correct for it. Useful for auto adjustment of the screen brightness.
• And of course it has Lux meter which could be useful to get the illuminance of a scene for example.

It came out on June 2021, all documentations are available on st.com, and product will be orderable starting mid-July 2021.